May 28, 2025 • 29 mins
John C. Morley is no ordinary voice behind the mic. As a Serial Entrepreneur, Engineer, National Podcast Host, Podcast Coach, and Professional Video Producer, he brings a rare blend of technical precision, creative vision, and heartfelt purpose. With decades of experience across industries and platforms, John has dedicated his life to helping others unlock their potential, whether in business, leadership, or personal growth. His podcast, Inspirations for Your Life, isn't just about talking—it's about transforming. When John speaks, he delivers wisdom with warmth, strategy with soul, and insights that spark action.🎧 Podcast Introduction:What if we told you that gratitude could reshape governments, boost economies, and ignite innovation? In this powerful episode of Inspirations for Your Life, John C. Morley unpacks how gratitude isn’t just an emotion—it’s a force for systemic change. As we tackle hot-button topics like government overreach and economic efficiency, you’ll discover how gratitude-based leadership offers a fresh path forward. This episode blends policy wisdom, entrepreneurial insight, and practical transformation—all through the lens of gratitude. Get ready to challenge your assumptions and explore how appreciation and purpose can drive modern governance, collaboration, and social progress. 💥1️⃣ Government Overreach 🏛️🛡️When governments forget they serve the people, they risk crossing the line from protection to control. Gratitude is a compass that keeps leaders grounded in service. It’s a mindset that acknowledges the freedoms granted by citizens and reminds officials that authority is temporary and earned. In this episode, John explores how gratitude within leadership discourages coercive overreach and encourages policies rooted in respect, balance, and civil liberty. A grateful leader understands that power without empathy leads to oppression—not progress.2️⃣ Economic Efficiency 💰⚙️Gratitude cultivates awareness—and awareness sharpens efficiency. When leaders and institutions operate with appreciation for time, resources, and human effort, waste gives way to precision. John dives into how gratitude can fuel a new model of economic flow—one where every dollar, hour, and interaction is treated with intention. Acknowledging contributions at every level—whether from the janitor or the CFO—creates a culture of care that naturally leads to leaner systems, happier workers, and better outcomes.3️⃣ Support for Small Business 🏪🌱Small businesses are the unsung heroes of innovation and community resilience. In this episode, John explains how gratitude toward small business owners—not just during Small Business Saturday, but every day—can transform local economies. From reducing red tape to actively promoting small business voices in legislation, gratitude drives systems that honor entrepreneurship. When local leaders recognize the grit and grind of small business life, they create an economic landscape where independence thrives and creativity explodes.4️⃣ Modernization Push 💡🚀True modernization is more than digital dashboards and AI—it’s a mindset. John breaks down how gratitude for legacy systems—and those who built them—can help guide smoother transitions into innovation. When people feel their history is respected, they’re more open to change. Gratitude empowers teams to take risks without fear and adopt new technologies with confidence. It creates a foundation where modernization isn’t disruptive—it’s embraced, because it’s built on respect, recognition, and readiness.5️⃣ Accountability & Transparency 🧾🔍Gratitude makes it easier to admit mistakes and course-correct without shame. Leaders who appreciate the trust placed in them are more likely to be transparent, more willing to listen, and more accountable. John highlights how grateful leadership changes the tone from secrecy to sincerity. It inspires teams and governments to create systems where honesty is expected, not feared. In this section, you’ll learn how a
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(00:16):
Hey guys, good afternoon to everyone.
It is John C.
Morley here, Serial Entrepreneur.
Great to be with you on a fantastic,
shall I say, Wednesday afternoon.
You know, we try to get these out
early, but it has been a little crazy,
not to lie to you, just by schedule
and stuff.
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So just trying to catch up with everything
in the holidays, you know, kind of just
right around the corner again, and they just
were.
So trying to catch up a little bit.
So welcome everyone to the show.
If you're wondering what the master topic it
is, it is building unity through clarity, communication,
and compassion.
And today's granular topic, in case you're wondering,
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I'm sure you were, cutting the red tape.
Yes, not with scissors, and slashing unnecessary burdens.
By the way, guys, we're on series four,
show number 22, episode number five.
Hey, a big welcome everyone.
And if you aren't trying to get on
the show, so let me just tell you
a few things.
First of all, if you're trying to get
on the show to be a guest, you
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can do that, obviously, but we do have
some requirements.
One is, this is not a sales show.
Number two, I wanna let you know that
you need to watch at least one or
two of these episodes in its entirety.
And, you know, if you're trying to pitch
my team or myself, we're gonna require you
to have a pre-chat with one of
us.
Now that's not your PR person, or your
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friend, or your relative.
That's you attending.
And we'll let you know at the end
of that pre-chat whether we think you're
somebody that is gonna be on our show
or not.
All right, everyone, welcome, welcome, welcome, and welcome
everyone.
It's so great to have you here.
So let's dive into something I think that's
pretty important, and that's our show.
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Oh, by the way, before we get started,
maybe you're a little bit hungry, maybe you're
thirsty, so why not head out to your
kitchen and grab something hot, something cold, or
maybe something sweet, something sour, something tart, healthy
or not.
That choice is totally up to you, my
friends.
Again, I am Mr. John C.
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Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
No ordinary voice behind the mic, as you
guys would know by now.
Engineer, national podcast host, podcast coach, professional video
producer, and I bring a rare blend of
technical precision and knowledge and creative vision and
a heartfelt purpose to podcasting and media.
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With decades of experience across industries and platforms,
I've dedicated my life to helping others unlock
their true passions, whether it's in business, leadership,
or just personal growth.
My podcast, Inspirations for Your Life, one of
several, isn't just about talking, it's about transforming
your life.
So when I speak, I deliver wisdom and
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warmth and strategy with soul and insights that
are, well, let's say, bound to get you
to take action.
Now, I can lead you to any wonderful
water place, but I'm not gonna make you
drink it, nor am I gonna force you
to drink that water.
You need to be motivated to do that
yourself.
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And remember, if your why is not loud
enough, well, guess what?
Then you don't have a strong enough reason
to do what you wanna do.
All right, so what if I told you
guys that gratitude could reshape governments, it could
boost economies and ignite innovation?
You'd be like, you're crazy.
No, in this powerful dynamic episode of Inspirations
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for Your Life, I'm gonna unpack how gratitude
isn't just an emotion, it's a true powerful
force for systematic change.
As we tackle together the hot button topics
like government outreach and economic efficiencies, you're gonna
discover how gratitude-based leadership offers a fresh
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path forward.
And this episode's gonna blend policy wisdom, entrepreneurial
insight, and practical transformation all through the lens
of gratitude.
Get ready, everyone, to challenge your assumptions and
explore how appreciation and purpose can, let's say,
combine together to drive modern governance and collaboration
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and, of course, social progression to give you
the success you've been waiting on the bench
your whole life for.
Well, number one is government outreach.
When governments forget they serve the people, they
risk crossing the line from protection to control,
okay?
Gratitude is a compass that keeps leaders grounded
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in service.
It's a mindset that acknowledges the freedoms granted
by citizens and reminds officials that authority is
temporary and earned.
And remember, we're here because of the Constitution.
In this episode, I'm sure you guys know,
I explore how gratitude within leadership is important
and discourage, of course, cohesive overreaches and encouraging
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policies rooted in truth, respect, balance, and, of
course, civil liberties.
I'm a grateful leader, and I understand that
power without empathy leads to oppression, not progress.
And I have to tell you something.
A lot of people, you know, they see
me, and I'm nice when they get to
know me, but I tell people, don't mistake
my kindness for weakness.
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You will be sorry.
So I think everyone deserves the right to
be treated fairly, right?
But sometimes when you're too nice to someone,
people say, oh, gee, this person's like an
idiot.
I can take advantage of them.
No, that's when the fire alarm goes off.
Number two, economic efficiency.
So gratitude cultivates awareness, and awareness sharpens our
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efficiency.
When leaders in institutions operate with appreciation for
time, resources, and respect for human effort, waste
gives way to precision.
And I dive deep into some important things
like the fact that gratitude can fuel a
new model of economic flow, where every dollar,
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every hour, and every penny in interaction is
treated with true intention, about purpose.
Acknowledging contributions at any level, whether from the
janitor or the CFO of the company, this
creates a culture of care that naturally leads
to a learner and systems, happier workers, and
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better outcomes.
I think a lot of people get confused
by all the jargon they see online.
Like, oh, you know, this isn't the way
it's supposed to be, right?
We've all heard the story from a lot
of these local news people, being in the
media now for over eight years.
As a licensed media person, I can tell
you that so many journalists and videographers write
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about if it leads, if it bleeds, it
leads.
And that may be true for selling copies
and getting people to direct, but that's a
terrible way to involve people.
I'd much rather get them in the heart,
something about passion, something about truth, not about
who got killed today or somebody got stabbed
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or something happened in a city where a
bank got robbed or a store got held
up, right?
That's not great, but that's what people are
seeing on TV.
That's what the media thinks people want to
see.
Number three is support for small business.
So small businesses are the unsung heroes of
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innovation and of course, community resilience.
In the episode here, I'm explaining how gratitude
towards small business owners, not just during small
business Saturday or a great business week, but
every day, ladies and gentlemen, can transform local
economies.
Maybe you're gonna go buy some pizza.
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Well, buy it from someone right in your
town.
Maybe you're going to need a service from
someone.
Instead of going to some national company, do
business locally.
And that only helps that business, but it
puts more money back into the local economy,
to the town, to the borough.
And that's important because that business is paying
taxes and fees to the town.
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So you're helping your community from reducing, ladies
and gentlemen, the red tape to actively promoting
small business voices in legislation.
Gratitude drives systems that honor entrepreneurship.
And when leaders recognize the gift and the
grind of small business life, they create economic
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landscapes where independence thrives and creativity explodes.
I think a lot of people don't realize
that they have the power to do this
right in their own backyard, right in their
own office building.
They think they need to be a multi
-billionaire corporation, but you don't need to be.
You just need to be grateful for what
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you have.
It might not be what you want exactly,
but be grateful for it.
Even if you're having a glass of water,
be grateful for that glass of water or
that bottle of water you're having, right?
Everything, your breath.
I mean, I could go through a whole
thing.
So there's something I talked about a while
back.
It's called John's Alphabet of Gratitude.
And the way it works is when I
get up in the morning, whether you're taking
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my watch, putting my watch back on or
at night.
So I'll think of two or three things,
but I won't just think about them.
I'll feel them and be grateful for them.
So feeling does something.
Number four, guys, modernization push.
True modernization is more than digital dashboards and
artificial intelligence.
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It's a mindset.
So understanding the gratitude for legacy systems and
those who built them can truly help and
guide us smoother.
The transitions we're gonna hit and those obstacles
into pure innovation.
When people feel their history is respected, they're
more open to change.
Gratitude empowers teams to take risks without fear
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and adopt new technologies with confidence.
It creates a foundation where modernization isn't disruptive.
It's embraced because it's built on respect, recognition,
integrity, and readiness to act.
And a lot of people say, well, I
don't wanna do that because it's not quick.
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You see, there's short-term gratification.
That's when we do something and we get
a benefit immediately.
But then the emotions and the feelings from
it, they kind of like fleet.
Even before the act is completed.
However, if we do something for long-term
gratification, it's slower to obtain.
The feeling builds.
And even when it's over, we're still like
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celebrating it, okay?
Accountability and transparency are two of my favorite
things in life.
Gratitude makes it easier to admit mistakes and
course correct without any kind of shame.
Leaders who appreciate the trust placed in them
are more likely to be transparent, more willing
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to listen, more accountable, and understanding that grateful
leadership changes the tone from secrecy to sincerity.
It inspires teams and governments to create systems
where honesty is expected, not feared, and it
always thrives.
What we're understanding here is that learning about
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appreciation enhances credibility, it builds lasting trust, and
brings clarity to even the messiest operations.
So you've all had challenges before.
I don't care if it's in a business,
I don't care if it's in a relationship
or some other endeavor that you're part of.
People are human.
People have feelings.
People get frustrated when things don't work in
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their business.
And sometimes they come out with this attitude.
And the attitude really has no basis for
anything.
But they feel that because that's how they
are, they just wanna outburst.
It's not the right thing.
Number six, guys, public-private collaboration.
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I think this is something that a lot
of people don't get today, but it's something
I wanna share with you.
And the reason I wanna share it with
you is because when we take the public
world and we take the private world and
we marry them together, we get something amazing.
So let's imagine a world for a moment
where the private and the public sectors truly
work hand in hand.
Is that in like some Disney book?
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No.
Not out of obligation, but out of mutual
respect and integrity.
Gratitude is the missing bridge.
So understanding the appreciation between industries, governments, encourages
true authentic partnerships that benefit everyone when public
servants respect, okay?
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Innovation and entrepreneurs appreciate public investments.
Walls come down, bridges get built, gratitude cultivates,
a shared vision where ego takes a backseat
to purpose and solutions get built faster, better,
with more heart and passion in worlds that
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embrace diversity and creativity and all kinds of
ethnic diversities.
But so many people are just focused about
what they're getting now.
They're focused about what's happening.
And maybe you think this is the way
it has to be because that's how everyone
else has told you, but that doesn't mean
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it's right, guys.
It does not mean it's right.
And so I wanna challenge all of you
right now.
I wanna ask you right now, if I
asked you to, let's say, do one thing
in your life or celebrate one thing in
your life that's about gratitude, what would you
be grateful for?
If I asked you to name five things
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right off the bat, so I'll just tell
you right now, I'm alive.
I'm so grateful to be alive and breathing.
Number two, I am so grateful to be
able to be here on this podcast.
It's not the studio that I have envisioned
yet, but I'm grateful for what I have
right now.
I'm grateful for all the fans.
I'm grateful for all the likes, the loves,
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the supports, the shares.
I'm grateful for the fact that I'm privileged
to be back in school again and now
studying for my engineering, going to my master's,
then my PhD.
I'm grateful for that.
I'm grateful that I keep getting the energy
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to do these things.
What else am I grateful for?
I'm grateful for the clothes I'm wearing.
I am grateful for the lunch I had
today, right?
I'm grateful for the amazing voice I have.
So when we start being grateful for these
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little things, more things in our life show
up that we can be grateful for, right?
Let's look at the world with a glass
half filled instead of half empty, right?
I was talking to a client of mine
the other day, and we were talking about
why this person's not getting the job.
And I said, I'm going to tell you
why you're not getting the job, but you're
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not going to like my answer.
Well, tell me.
So the answer is you.
It's your attitude.
It's your voice.
It's the way you're sitting.
I mean, you can't slump when you're on
an interview, right?
You have to be upright like this, right?
It's like, well, John, you know, when I
get the job, well, no, you can't be
that way after you get something.
You have to be that way now.
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You have to live your life as the
feeling of the wish fulfilled, Neville Goddard.
So now what I want to do is
I want to give you some personal stories
to hit home about each of these points.
Okay.
And the reason I want to do that
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is because I feel it will cement and
make what I'm talking about today more concrete
in your mind.
And when it becomes more concrete, you can
own it.
A recent professor who's class I'm in right
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now who's a doctor and has several degrees
said to me, John, you know, you don't
need to memorize everything.
I don't know.
You don't need to memorize everything.
But what you do need to do is
you need to understand where things are and
how to find these things.
Okay.
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If you can do that, then you'll be
fine.
No one expects you to memorize everything in
life.
Okay.
And if you get classes like that, I
don't want to say they're a waste of
time, but if you need something in the
field, you're going to go research, right?
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Of course, the most important thing is you
understanding that you have the wherewithal, the resources
to do these things.
Like right now, I'm going to go grab
myself a sip of water, a little more
than a sip, maybe a few gulps.
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So I think when we start to embrace
life, looking for the positive linings instead of
looking for, oh my gosh, what's wrong?
I'll give you a perfect example.
So I had a, was doing a, I'll
call it heart surgery, but not really.
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We're replacing a server for a medium organization.
And you might think that's pretty easy and
it is, but there's a lot that can
go wrong.
And there's a lot of planning you have
to do.
And there's always some things that are going
to glitch a little bit.
Working over the holiday weekend a little bit.
And I remember coming into the place on
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Tuesday morning, hanging out there for a good
hour or so, and nothing was wrong.
They told me I could leave.
Two hours after I leave, they start having,
well, this doesn't work.
That doesn't work.
Like, well, you said everything was fine.
Well, we really didn't check.
So then I got busy and I tried
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to tunnel in and help them with some
things, which I did.
But then I was like, I'll do the
other stuff later.
And they said, why?
I said, well, I've got class tonight.
And then one of the owners was kind
of muttering in the background, like, you know,
unbelievable.
And they used the word like an F
in there, which we won't do that, but
they use the word in there.
And I was just like, that's these people's
personality.
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It's like a check on a high.
So I know that that's not the right
thing.
Okay.
I promised to be there the next morning,
which was this morning.
And I got there early.
I was going to get there very early,
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but they told me don't come because they're
busy and they can't really get there to
like 840, 845.
I want to get there nine o'clock.
Why did I get there like closer to
nine?
I'll tell you why.
It's because I wanted to do something to
lighten the mood a little bit.
So I went to a local bakery and
I picked up some homemade, we call it
like crumb cake.
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They're a little, little small crumb cakes.
And I bought like maybe a dozen of
those.
Then I bought a nice apple, like loaf,
right?
Like not a stolen, but like an apple
kind of bread, if you will.
Okay.
And I got that.
And you know, when I delivered that, only
one person in the organization said thank you
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to me.
I said to them, what in training?
I just saw it.
And it was just very nice of you.
So sometimes people have got to be all
about them, right?
It happens, right?
I'll never forget when I tried to launch
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a tech product designed to help some people
manage things.
It was actually for prescriptions.
The tech worked flawlessly, but what didn't work
was the mountain of outdated regulatory requirements that
had nothing to do with safety or services.
They were just relics of an old system.
I spent over six months navigating that painsome
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path of red tape instead of helping people.
What struck me most wasn't the complexity, but
how disconnected it all felt from where people
are and how it was supposed to serve
them.
It just made life harder.
That experience taught me that gratitude and leadership,
being thankful for the people you serve, keeps
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us from falling into the trap of control
over care.
When we appreciate freedom, we don't smother it.
We steward it.
We usher it.
And I think that's a problem with a
lot of people when they hear gratitude.
Like, well, of course I'm gratitude.
I might not have this.
I'm worth this.
It's like, that's not gratitude.
That's an ego.
That's an attitude.
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That's not anything that's going to help anybody.
You think it's going to help yourself, but
it's not going to help yourself.
It's just going to put yourself down.
Number two, guys, economic efficiency.
Back in my early engineering days, I worked
with a manufacturing company that was bleeding money
from inefficiencies left and right.
No one seemed to care until the new
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plant manager arrived.
It was actually a younger guy who was
actually the owner's son.
And they threw him in the helm, but
he didn't know anything about managing money or
even running that company.
He did something unusual every morning.
He walked the floor finally, and he thanked
individual workers for their contributions.
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Slowly, that company that was starting to fall
apart after his dad retired changed.
Workers started sharing process improvements.
People showed up earlier.
Why?
Because they felt seen.
Within a year, output rose 30%.
The cost dropped.
That's when I realized gratitude doesn't just feel
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good.
It sharpens the focus.
It turns waste into worth.
When we treat every action in dollar like
it matters, they begin to multiply.
How many out there have ever used an
electron microscope?
Maybe you've used it in college or in
high school.
And if you don't turn the magnification up
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high enough, right?
So if we think about that, people often
ask me, John, what is the highest electron,
let's say, microscope?
So there are all different kinds.
It varies.
The most powerful electron microscope actually, it's been
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a workhorse in many regards.
And it was actually in Toronto, a part
of the world this was in.
It's the most powerful electron microscope in the
world.
But the challenge when building an electron microscope
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was finding ways to control the electron beam,
right?
So an electron beam consists of an electron
source, often called an electron gun.
And it hands the optics right to the
detector.
And then the exact design can change depending
on what you're doing.
So if you had to ask me, John,
where is this?
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And I will tell you that we have
them around different parts of the world.
And the thing is, if you said to
me, John, where is the best electron microscope?
If I had to pinpoint in the world
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where it is today, maybe go travel.
So it actually is in Berkeley, California.
It's the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
And it's the world's most powerful transmission electron
microscope capable of producing images with half angstrom
resolution, half a 10 billionth of a meter,
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less than the diameter of a single hydrogen
atom, to give you an example.
And it's been installed at the Department of
Energy's National Center for Electron Microscopy.
So when we think about this and we
think about the fact that we want to
be efficient, but if we don't use the
right thing and we don't know how to
magnify something, all we get is a magnified
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complication.
We get a magnified mess.
So there's a science to that.
Support for small business.
When I started my first business, I was
a guy with a vision.
My computer and not too much else and
the passion to go forward.
After many hours and many trials and tribulations,
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I said, you know what?
I can actually help people.
I remember that something called the modernization push.
I once consulted for a government agency.
Won't probably do that again.
They were using a technology.
I can't tell you 100% because I
had a non-disclosure.
I think it's still in effect for a
few years.
They were designing this system to help with
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transportation.
Now, not directly, but some of the systems
that would be responsible for allowing transportation.
You probably could think about that.
And it was between like New York and
New Jersey and things like that.
So I remember working with, but I also
remember how this organization like brought me there
to consult and they weren't nice to me.
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And I realized that they were just hoping
I was going to solve something and then
they were just going to tell me they
didn't need me anymore.
They were just very unwelcoming and they were
upset that I wasn't just divulging the answer.
Well, at the end, even when I got
a little tired and I planned on packing
it in anyway, I said, you know what?
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I'm going to go take a look at
this thing and see if I can solve
it.
And they probably won't say thank you to
me, but now I'm just going to do
it for the heck of it.
Number five, accountability and transparency.
Years ago, I made a major production error
that cost the client some money.
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My gut said to deflect, but my heart
said own it.
So I called the client and I told
them what happened.
When I figured that out and they appreciated
my honesty, I built a bond of trust
that you could never pay for.
Number six, public and private collaborations.
A few years ago, I worked on a
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smart city initiative where local governments and tech
startups were butting heads constantly, nothing moved.
Then we shift to a dynamic.
At the next meeting, instead of pushing agendas,
well, we listened, we shared stories.
And we started talking about what we cared
about, the city, what our parents taught us,
what kept us up at night.
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It humanized everyone.
Engineers cried, officials listened, real collaboration began and
it continued even outside the meetings.
It wasn't a checkbox.
It was a shared mission and we all
became part of it.
We could feel it.
That's what gratitude does, and it reminds us
that behind every title, every door, every tiny
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molecule is a person that made that possible.
And when we appreciate each other's intentions and
innovations, we stop fighting and we start building
together.
When gratitude becomes a guiding force, not just
in our personal lives, but in our government's
business and innovations, guess what?
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We become a smarter world that's empowered to
be together with our strategic focus.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
It's always a privilege and pleasure to be
with you guys.
Do check out BelieveMeAchieve.com.
I'll catch you guys at the end of
the show real soon.
Be well, everyone.
Hey guys, good afternoon to everyone.
It is John C.
Morley here, Serial Entrepreneur.
Great to be with you on a fantastic,
shall I say, Wednesday afternoon.
You know, we try to get these out
early, but it has been a little crazy,
not to lie to you, just by schedule
and stuff.
(00:36):
So just trying to catch up with everything
in the holidays, you know, kind of just
right around the corner again, and they just
were.
So trying to catch up a little bit.
So welcome everyone to the show.
If you're wondering what the master topic it
is, it is building unity through clarity, communication,
and compassion.
And today's granular topic, in case you're wondering,
(00:58):
I'm sure you were, cutting the red tape.
Yes, not with scissors, and slashing unnecessary burdens.
By the way, guys, we're on series four,
show number 22, episode number five.
Hey, a big welcome everyone.
And if you aren't trying to get on
the show, so let me just tell you
a few things.
First of all, if you're trying to get
on the show to be a guest, you
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can do that, obviously, but we do have
some requirements.
One is, this is not a sales show.
Number two, I wanna let you know that
you need to watch at least one or
two of these episodes in its entirety.
And, you know, if you're trying to pitch
my team or myself, we're gonna require you
to have a pre-chat with one of
us.
Now that's not your PR person, or your
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friend, or your relative.
That's you attending.
And we'll let you know at the end
of that pre-chat whether we think you're
somebody that is gonna be on our show
or not.
All right, everyone, welcome, welcome, welcome, and welcome
everyone.
It's so great to have you here.
So let's dive into something I think that's
pretty important, and that's our show.
(01:59):
Oh, by the way, before we get started,
maybe you're a little bit hungry, maybe you're
thirsty, so why not head out to your
kitchen and grab something hot, something cold, or
maybe something sweet, something sour, something tart, healthy
or not.
That choice is totally up to you, my
friends.
Again, I am Mr. John C.
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Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
No ordinary voice behind the mic, as you
guys would know by now.
Engineer, national podcast host, podcast coach, professional video
producer, and I bring a rare blend of
technical precision and knowledge and creative vision and
a heartfelt purpose to podcasting and media.
(02:40):
With decades of experience across industries and platforms,
I've dedicated my life to helping others unlock
their true passions, whether it's in business, leadership,
or just personal growth.
My podcast, Inspirations for Your Life, one of
several, isn't just about talking, it's about transforming
your life.
So when I speak, I deliver wisdom and
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warmth and strategy with soul and insights that
are, well, let's say, bound to get you
to take action.
Now, I can lead you to any wonderful
water place, but I'm not gonna make you
drink it, nor am I gonna force you
to drink that water.
You need to be motivated to do that
yourself.
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And remember, if your why is not loud
enough, well, guess what?
Then you don't have a strong enough reason
to do what you wanna do.
All right, so what if I told you
guys that gratitude could reshape governments, it could
boost economies and ignite innovation?
You'd be like, you're crazy.
No, in this powerful dynamic episode of Inspirations
(03:45):
for Your Life, I'm gonna unpack how gratitude
isn't just an emotion, it's a true powerful
force for systematic change.
As we tackle together the hot button topics
like government outreach and economic efficiencies, you're gonna
discover how gratitude-based leadership offers a fresh
(04:05):
path forward.
And this episode's gonna blend policy wisdom, entrepreneurial
insight, and practical transformation all through the lens
of gratitude.
Get ready, everyone, to challenge your assumptions and
explore how appreciation and purpose can, let's say,
combine together to drive modern governance and collaboration
(04:27):
and, of course, social progression to give you
the success you've been waiting on the bench
your whole life for.
Well, number one is government outreach.
When governments forget they serve the people, they
risk crossing the line from protection to control,
okay?
Gratitude is a compass that keeps leaders grounded
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in service.
It's a mindset that acknowledges the freedoms granted
by citizens and reminds officials that authority is
temporary and earned.
And remember, we're here because of the Constitution.
In this episode, I'm sure you guys know,
I explore how gratitude within leadership is important
and discourage, of course, cohesive overreaches and encouraging
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policies rooted in truth, respect, balance, and, of
course, civil liberties.
I'm a grateful leader, and I understand that
power without empathy leads to oppression, not progress.
And I have to tell you something.
A lot of people, you know, they see
me, and I'm nice when they get to
know me, but I tell people, don't mistake
my kindness for weakness.
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You will be sorry.
So I think everyone deserves the right to
be treated fairly, right?
But sometimes when you're too nice to someone,
people say, oh, gee, this person's like an
idiot.
I can take advantage of them.
No, that's when the fire alarm goes off.
Number two, economic efficiency.
So gratitude cultivates awareness, and awareness sharpens our
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efficiency.
When leaders in institutions operate with appreciation for
time, resources, and respect for human effort, waste
gives way to precision.
And I dive deep into some important things
like the fact that gratitude can fuel a
new model of economic flow, where every dollar,
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every hour, and every penny in interaction is
treated with true intention, about purpose.
Acknowledging contributions at any level, whether from the
janitor or the CFO of the company, this
creates a culture of care that naturally leads
to a learner and systems, happier workers, and
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better outcomes.
I think a lot of people get confused
by all the jargon they see online.
Like, oh, you know, this isn't the way
it's supposed to be, right?
We've all heard the story from a lot
of these local news people, being in the
media now for over eight years.
As a licensed media person, I can tell
you that so many journalists and videographers write
(07:04):
about if it leads, if it bleeds, it
leads.
And that may be true for selling copies
and getting people to direct, but that's a
terrible way to involve people.
I'd much rather get them in the heart,
something about passion, something about truth, not about
who got killed today or somebody got stabbed
(07:26):
or something happened in a city where a
bank got robbed or a store got held
up, right?
That's not great, but that's what people are
seeing on TV.
That's what the media thinks people want to
see.
Number three is support for small business.
So small businesses are the unsung heroes of
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innovation and of course, community resilience.
In the episode here, I'm explaining how gratitude
towards small business owners, not just during small
business Saturday or a great business week, but
every day, ladies and gentlemen, can transform local
economies.
Maybe you're gonna go buy some pizza.
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Well, buy it from someone right in your
town.
Maybe you're going to need a service from
someone.
Instead of going to some national company, do
business locally.
And that only helps that business, but it
puts more money back into the local economy,
to the town, to the borough.
And that's important because that business is paying
taxes and fees to the town.
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So you're helping your community from reducing, ladies
and gentlemen, the red tape to actively promoting
small business voices in legislation.
Gratitude drives systems that honor entrepreneurship.
And when leaders recognize the gift and the
grind of small business life, they create economic
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landscapes where independence thrives and creativity explodes.
I think a lot of people don't realize
that they have the power to do this
right in their own backyard, right in their
own office building.
They think they need to be a multi
-billionaire corporation, but you don't need to be.
You just need to be grateful for what
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you have.
It might not be what you want exactly,
but be grateful for it.
Even if you're having a glass of water,
be grateful for that glass of water or
that bottle of water you're having, right?
Everything, your breath.
I mean, I could go through a whole
thing.
So there's something I talked about a while
back.
It's called John's Alphabet of Gratitude.
And the way it works is when I
get up in the morning, whether you're taking
(09:30):
my watch, putting my watch back on or
at night.
So I'll think of two or three things,
but I won't just think about them.
I'll feel them and be grateful for them.
So feeling does something.
Number four, guys, modernization push.
True modernization is more than digital dashboards and
artificial intelligence.
(09:51):
It's a mindset.
So understanding the gratitude for legacy systems and
those who built them can truly help and
guide us smoother.
The transitions we're gonna hit and those obstacles
into pure innovation.
When people feel their history is respected, they're
more open to change.
Gratitude empowers teams to take risks without fear
(10:13):
and adopt new technologies with confidence.
It creates a foundation where modernization isn't disruptive.
It's embraced because it's built on respect, recognition,
integrity, and readiness to act.
And a lot of people say, well, I
don't wanna do that because it's not quick.
(10:34):
You see, there's short-term gratification.
That's when we do something and we get
a benefit immediately.
But then the emotions and the feelings from
it, they kind of like fleet.
Even before the act is completed.
However, if we do something for long-term
gratification, it's slower to obtain.
The feeling builds.
And even when it's over, we're still like
(10:56):
celebrating it, okay?
Accountability and transparency are two of my favorite
things in life.
Gratitude makes it easier to admit mistakes and
course correct without any kind of shame.
Leaders who appreciate the trust placed in them
are more likely to be transparent, more willing
(11:16):
to listen, more accountable, and understanding that grateful
leadership changes the tone from secrecy to sincerity.
It inspires teams and governments to create systems
where honesty is expected, not feared, and it
always thrives.
What we're understanding here is that learning about
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appreciation enhances credibility, it builds lasting trust, and
brings clarity to even the messiest operations.
So you've all had challenges before.
I don't care if it's in a business,
I don't care if it's in a relationship
or some other endeavor that you're part of.
People are human.
People have feelings.
People get frustrated when things don't work in
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their business.
And sometimes they come out with this attitude.
And the attitude really has no basis for
anything.
But they feel that because that's how they
are, they just wanna outburst.
It's not the right thing.
Number six, guys, public-private collaboration.
(12:19):
I think this is something that a lot
of people don't get today, but it's something
I wanna share with you.
And the reason I wanna share it with
you is because when we take the public
world and we take the private world and
we marry them together, we get something amazing.
So let's imagine a world for a moment
where the private and the public sectors truly
work hand in hand.
Is that in like some Disney book?
(12:40):
No.
Not out of obligation, but out of mutual
respect and integrity.
Gratitude is the missing bridge.
So understanding the appreciation between industries, governments, encourages
true authentic partnerships that benefit everyone when public
servants respect, okay?
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Innovation and entrepreneurs appreciate public investments.
Walls come down, bridges get built, gratitude cultivates,
a shared vision where ego takes a backseat
to purpose and solutions get built faster, better,
with more heart and passion in worlds that
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embrace diversity and creativity and all kinds of
ethnic diversities.
But so many people are just focused about
what they're getting now.
They're focused about what's happening.
And maybe you think this is the way
it has to be because that's how everyone
else has told you, but that doesn't mean
(13:44):
it's right, guys.
It does not mean it's right.
And so I wanna challenge all of you
right now.
I wanna ask you right now, if I
asked you to, let's say, do one thing
in your life or celebrate one thing in
your life that's about gratitude, what would you
be grateful for?
If I asked you to name five things
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right off the bat, so I'll just tell
you right now, I'm alive.
I'm so grateful to be alive and breathing.
Number two, I am so grateful to be
able to be here on this podcast.
It's not the studio that I have envisioned
yet, but I'm grateful for what I have
right now.
I'm grateful for all the fans.
I'm grateful for all the likes, the loves,
(14:27):
the supports, the shares.
I'm grateful for the fact that I'm privileged
to be back in school again and now
studying for my engineering, going to my master's,
then my PhD.
I'm grateful for that.
I'm grateful that I keep getting the energy
(14:49):
to do these things.
What else am I grateful for?
I'm grateful for the clothes I'm wearing.
I am grateful for the lunch I had
today, right?
I'm grateful for the amazing voice I have.
So when we start being grateful for these
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little things, more things in our life show
up that we can be grateful for, right?
Let's look at the world with a glass
half filled instead of half empty, right?
I was talking to a client of mine
the other day, and we were talking about
why this person's not getting the job.
And I said, I'm going to tell you
why you're not getting the job, but you're
(15:30):
not going to like my answer.
Well, tell me.
So the answer is you.
It's your attitude.
It's your voice.
It's the way you're sitting.
I mean, you can't slump when you're on
an interview, right?
You have to be upright like this, right?
It's like, well, John, you know, when I
get the job, well, no, you can't be
that way after you get something.
You have to be that way now.
(15:50):
You have to live your life as the
feeling of the wish fulfilled, Neville Goddard.
So now what I want to do is
I want to give you some personal stories
to hit home about each of these points.
Okay.
And the reason I want to do that
(16:11):
is because I feel it will cement and
make what I'm talking about today more concrete
in your mind.
And when it becomes more concrete, you can
own it.
A recent professor who's class I'm in right
(16:32):
now who's a doctor and has several degrees
said to me, John, you know, you don't
need to memorize everything.
I don't know.
You don't need to memorize everything.
But what you do need to do is
you need to understand where things are and
how to find these things.
Okay.
(16:53):
If you can do that, then you'll be
fine.
No one expects you to memorize everything in
life.
Okay.
And if you get classes like that, I
don't want to say they're a waste of
time, but if you need something in the
field, you're going to go research, right?
(17:14):
Of course, the most important thing is you
understanding that you have the wherewithal, the resources
to do these things.
Like right now, I'm going to go grab
myself a sip of water, a little more
than a sip, maybe a few gulps.
(17:35):
So I think when we start to embrace
life, looking for the positive linings instead of
looking for, oh my gosh, what's wrong?
I'll give you a perfect example.
So I had a, was doing a, I'll
call it heart surgery, but not really.
(17:56):
We're replacing a server for a medium organization.
And you might think that's pretty easy and
it is, but there's a lot that can
go wrong.
And there's a lot of planning you have
to do.
And there's always some things that are going
to glitch a little bit.
Working over the holiday weekend a little bit.
And I remember coming into the place on
(18:16):
Tuesday morning, hanging out there for a good
hour or so, and nothing was wrong.
They told me I could leave.
Two hours after I leave, they start having,
well, this doesn't work.
That doesn't work.
Like, well, you said everything was fine.
Well, we really didn't check.
So then I got busy and I tried
(18:39):
to tunnel in and help them with some
things, which I did.
But then I was like, I'll do the
other stuff later.
And they said, why?
I said, well, I've got class tonight.
And then one of the owners was kind
of muttering in the background, like, you know,
unbelievable.
And they used the word like an F
in there, which we won't do that, but
they use the word in there.
And I was just like, that's these people's
personality.
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It's like a check on a high.
So I know that that's not the right
thing.
Okay.
I promised to be there the next morning,
which was this morning.
And I got there early.
I was going to get there very early,
(19:20):
but they told me don't come because they're
busy and they can't really get there to
like 840, 845.
I want to get there nine o'clock.
Why did I get there like closer to
nine?
I'll tell you why.
It's because I wanted to do something to
lighten the mood a little bit.
So I went to a local bakery and
I picked up some homemade, we call it
like crumb cake.
(19:41):
They're a little, little small crumb cakes.
And I bought like maybe a dozen of
those.
Then I bought a nice apple, like loaf,
right?
Like not a stolen, but like an apple
kind of bread, if you will.
Okay.
And I got that.
And you know, when I delivered that, only
one person in the organization said thank you
(20:04):
to me.
I said to them, what in training?
I just saw it.
And it was just very nice of you.
So sometimes people have got to be all
about them, right?
It happens, right?
I'll never forget when I tried to launch
(20:26):
a tech product designed to help some people
manage things.
It was actually for prescriptions.
The tech worked flawlessly, but what didn't work
was the mountain of outdated regulatory requirements that
had nothing to do with safety or services.
They were just relics of an old system.
I spent over six months navigating that painsome
(20:48):
path of red tape instead of helping people.
What struck me most wasn't the complexity, but
how disconnected it all felt from where people
are and how it was supposed to serve
them.
It just made life harder.
That experience taught me that gratitude and leadership,
being thankful for the people you serve, keeps
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us from falling into the trap of control
over care.
When we appreciate freedom, we don't smother it.
We steward it.
We usher it.
And I think that's a problem with a
lot of people when they hear gratitude.
Like, well, of course I'm gratitude.
I might not have this.
I'm worth this.
It's like, that's not gratitude.
That's an ego.
That's an attitude.
(21:32):
That's not anything that's going to help anybody.
You think it's going to help yourself, but
it's not going to help yourself.
It's just going to put yourself down.
Number two, guys, economic efficiency.
Back in my early engineering days, I worked
with a manufacturing company that was bleeding money
from inefficiencies left and right.
No one seemed to care until the new
(21:52):
plant manager arrived.
It was actually a younger guy who was
actually the owner's son.
And they threw him in the helm, but
he didn't know anything about managing money or
even running that company.
He did something unusual every morning.
He walked the floor finally, and he thanked
individual workers for their contributions.
(22:13):
Slowly, that company that was starting to fall
apart after his dad retired changed.
Workers started sharing process improvements.
People showed up earlier.
Why?
Because they felt seen.
Within a year, output rose 30%.
The cost dropped.
That's when I realized gratitude doesn't just feel
(22:35):
good.
It sharpens the focus.
It turns waste into worth.
When we treat every action in dollar like
it matters, they begin to multiply.
How many out there have ever used an
electron microscope?
Maybe you've used it in college or in
high school.
And if you don't turn the magnification up
(22:56):
high enough, right?
So if we think about that, people often
ask me, John, what is the highest electron,
let's say, microscope?
So there are all different kinds.
It varies.
The most powerful electron microscope actually, it's been
(23:22):
a workhorse in many regards.
And it was actually in Toronto, a part
of the world this was in.
It's the most powerful electron microscope in the
world.
But the challenge when building an electron microscope
(23:45):
was finding ways to control the electron beam,
right?
So an electron beam consists of an electron
source, often called an electron gun.
And it hands the optics right to the
detector.
And then the exact design can change depending
on what you're doing.
So if you had to ask me, John,
where is this?
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And I will tell you that we have
them around different parts of the world.
And the thing is, if you said to
me, John, where is the best electron microscope?
If I had to pinpoint in the world
(24:28):
where it is today, maybe go travel.
So it actually is in Berkeley, California.
It's the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
And it's the world's most powerful transmission electron
microscope capable of producing images with half angstrom
resolution, half a 10 billionth of a meter,
(24:49):
less than the diameter of a single hydrogen
atom, to give you an example.
And it's been installed at the Department of
Energy's National Center for Electron Microscopy.
So when we think about this and we
think about the fact that we want to
be efficient, but if we don't use the
right thing and we don't know how to
magnify something, all we get is a magnified
(25:12):
complication.
We get a magnified mess.
So there's a science to that.
Support for small business.
When I started my first business, I was
a guy with a vision.
My computer and not too much else and
the passion to go forward.
After many hours and many trials and tribulations,
(25:33):
I said, you know what?
I can actually help people.
I remember that something called the modernization push.
I once consulted for a government agency.
Won't probably do that again.
They were using a technology.
I can't tell you 100% because I
had a non-disclosure.
I think it's still in effect for a
few years.
They were designing this system to help with
(25:54):
transportation.
Now, not directly, but some of the systems
that would be responsible for allowing transportation.
You probably could think about that.
And it was between like New York and
New Jersey and things like that.
So I remember working with, but I also
remember how this organization like brought me there
to consult and they weren't nice to me.
(26:16):
And I realized that they were just hoping
I was going to solve something and then
they were just going to tell me they
didn't need me anymore.
They were just very unwelcoming and they were
upset that I wasn't just divulging the answer.
Well, at the end, even when I got
a little tired and I planned on packing
it in anyway, I said, you know what?
(26:37):
I'm going to go take a look at
this thing and see if I can solve
it.
And they probably won't say thank you to
me, but now I'm just going to do
it for the heck of it.
Number five, accountability and transparency.
Years ago, I made a major production error
that cost the client some money.
(26:59):
My gut said to deflect, but my heart
said own it.
So I called the client and I told
them what happened.
When I figured that out and they appreciated
my honesty, I built a bond of trust
that you could never pay for.
Number six, public and private collaborations.
A few years ago, I worked on a
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smart city initiative where local governments and tech
startups were butting heads constantly, nothing moved.
Then we shift to a dynamic.
At the next meeting, instead of pushing agendas,
well, we listened, we shared stories.
And we started talking about what we cared
about, the city, what our parents taught us,
what kept us up at night.
(27:39):
It humanized everyone.
Engineers cried, officials listened, real collaboration began and
it continued even outside the meetings.
It wasn't a checkbox.
It was a shared mission and we all
became part of it.
We could feel it.
That's what gratitude does, and it reminds us
that behind every title, every door, every tiny
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molecule is a person that made that possible.
And when we appreciate each other's intentions and
innovations, we stop fighting and we start building
together.
When gratitude becomes a guiding force, not just
in our personal lives, but in our government's
business and innovations, guess what?
(28:25):
We become a smarter world that's empowered to
be together with our strategic focus.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
It's always a privilege and pleasure to be
with you guys.
Do check out BelieveMeAchieve.com.
I'll catch you guys at the end of
the show real soon.
Be well, everyone.
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